Subject: NYC Media conference...(DeBar)..
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 102056 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 08:17:12 -0400
From: DDeBar
To: roy@emfguru.com
Subject: NYC Media conference...
DDeBar
spikey@bestweb.net
Project Censored, Fordham Justice Project, Seven Stories Press, and
the Nation Institute Present -
PRESS FREEDOM Conference
Investigative Journalism, Media Activism and Democracy
April 11 & 12, 2000 at
Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus, New York City
West 62nd Street * Between Amsterdam and Columbus
April 11 free.
April 12 registration: $15 donation.
For more info call: 718. 817. 4998
Advance registration: http://www.projectcensored.org/pfc.htm
Project Censored in Cooperation with the Fordham Justice Project and
Seven Stories Press are pleased to announce a conference for media
activists, First Amendment advocates, students, grassroots publishers
and producers, and writers/journalists of all persuasions. The Press
Freedom Conference will focus on building a democratic "Real News"
alternative media system in the US - a news system that informs,
increases access, builds participation, strengthens freedom of
expression. Hear from journalists and writers on the front lines of
alternative media. Find out how to link into global alternative news
sources. Discover the joys of direct action in real news situations.
Join us in New York to explore these questions and brainstorm how we
can work together to strengthen independent media as our best
strategy for greater democracy.
TUESDAY APRIL 11: 9:00am to 5:00pm.
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS
9:30am to 11am
Project Censored
Join members of Sonoma State University's Project Censored team
discuss free speech, censorship, and how their year-round project
monitors and evaluates the press.
LL Room 306, Lowenstein Building
Plaza Conference Room, 12noon to 2pm
Media & Democracy Direct Actions: Building Independent Media Centers
as Models for Alternative Media Collaboration
The Seattle protests that shut down the WTO in November were a
stunning success that energized a new wave of cross-issue solidarity
and activism. Among the most promising experiments that succeeded in
Seattle was the creation of an Independent Media Center (IMC). Eric
Galatas, Seattle and D.C. IMC volunteer will facilitate a discussion
of how independent media groups can work together to advance the
Media & Democracy movement, and break through corporate media
information blockades.
2:30 to 4pm
LL313 or Law School 317
5 Days That Shook the WTO
Join Paper Tiger Television for hot video clips and discussion of
their ground-breaking street coverage of the anti-WTO protests that
shook Seattle.
Imagination + Activism + Love = Paper Tiger
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12: 9:00am to 5:00pm
PRESS FREEDOM CONFERENCE
Presentations and discussions with media makers, activists, and award
winning Project Censored journalists.
Session One: 9:15am-10:45am, McNally Amphitheater
Independent Media: People, Networks & Movements
How do we continue to create sustainable alternatives to corporate
control of information?
Robin Andersen, Moderator
Natalie Byfield, Black Media Foundation
Rachel Coen, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Eric Galatas, Free Speech Television
Dee Dee Halleck, Deep Dish TV
Nancy Kranich, American Library Association
Dan Simon, Seven Stories Press
Session Two:11:00am-12:30pm
McNally Amphitheater
Investigative Reporting: Free Speech vs.Indentured Media:
with Project Censored Award winning journalists, Peter Arnett, Mark
Boal, Samuel Epstein, Sara Flounders, Arvind Ganesan, Ron Nixon, Ken
Silverstein. Moderated by Natalie Byfield.
11:00am-12:30pm
LL classroom 307
Seattle Was Just the Beginning: Building alternative news networks
with Independent Media Centers. IMC founders from Seattle,
Philadelphia, New York, Boulder and Los Angeles, discussion with
video clips from Seattle.
1:00pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:15pm-1:45pm McNally Amphitheater
Key Note Address with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, Winner of
the George Polk Award for Journalism
Session Two: 2:00pm-3:30pm
McNally Amphitheater
Tactical Media: Confronting Power, Building Alternatives
Angela Ards, Nation Institute
Ellen Braune, Fenton Communications
Mike Eisenmenger, Paper Tiger Television
Noelle Hanrahan, Prison Radio Project
Manse Jacobi, Free Speech TV
Jeff Perlstein, Seattle Microradio
Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now!
2:00pm-3:30pm
LL classroom 406
Independent Media and US Foreign Policy with Project Censored
journalists and judges, Peter Arnett, Karl Grossman, Joan
Kruckewitt, Kevin McKiernan, Bill Schaap, Jason Vest
Session Three: 3:45pm-5:00pm
McNally Amphitheater
Building Independent Media on a National Scale
David Barsamian, Alternative Radio--moderator
Laura Flanders, Independent Journalist
Eric Galatas, Free Speech TV
Karen Ranucci, Latin American Video Archives
Abbey Scher, Dollars and Sense
Danny Schechter, Media Channel
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PROJECT CENSORED AWARDS
$10 donation; $7 for students. Limited Seating.
6:00pm-7:00pm
Public Reception for CENSORED award winners sponsored by Dollars and
Sense Magazine & Seven Stories Press.
7:00pm-9:00pm
Project Censored Awards
Master of Ceremonies: Laura Flanders
Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Pogrund, author of War of Words: Memoir of
a South African Journalist
With
Seth Ackerman * Robin Andersen * Peter Arnett
David Barsamian * Mark Boal * Maria Carrión
Bill Dixon * Samuel S. Epstein Sara Flounders
Arvind Ganesan * Bruce Gagnon * Karl Grossman
Kevin McKiernan * Ron Nixon * Peter Phillips
Barbara Seaman * Jeremy Scahill * Danny Schechter * Jason Vest
Widely considered the Alternative Pulitzer Prize for investigative
journalism, the Project Censored Award is the annual wake-up call
>from an institution dedicated to advocating for and protecting First
Amendment rights and freedom of information.
Organized by Project Censored, Seven Stories Press, The Investigative
Fund of the Nation Institute, and Fordham Justice Project.
Co-Sponsored with Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES see: www.sevenstories.com
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Greg Ruggiero | Editor | Seven Stories Press
www.sevenstories.com | 212. 226. 8760
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Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Sociology Department/Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2588
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Project Censored http://www.sonoma.edu/projectcensored
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